[10 Feb 2014] Muslim Brotherhood rejects allegation of forming military...
Staying with Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood has dismissed a new government claim that the group has formed a military wing.
Mohamed Ali Beshr,...
Staying with Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood has dismissed a new government claim that the group has formed a military wing.
Mohamed Ali Beshr, who\'s a prominent figure of the Islamic movement, says the Brotherhood has NOT formed any military wing to stage attacks on Egypt\'s security forces. Beshr says the group has repeatedly condemned all forms of violence and terrorism. On Sunday, the interior ministry attributed an armed branch based in the city of Beni Suef to the Brotherhood. It also accused 12 members of the group of killing five policemen. Egypt\'s Muslim Brotherhood, on whose ticket Mohamed Morsi rose to power in 20-12, has already been listed as a terrorist organization by the government.
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[25 July 2012] NATO is al Qaeda wing clipped in Syria Tarpley - News...
[25 July 2012] NATO is al Qaeda wing clipped in Syria Tarpley - News Analysis - English
Since deadly unrest gripped Syria more than a year ago,...
[25 July 2012] NATO is al Qaeda wing clipped in Syria Tarpley - News Analysis - English
Since deadly unrest gripped Syria more than a year ago, the government has frequently blamed its foreign enemies for directing a destructive militant attack against country. Now a growing number of western media reports are proving just that.
On this edition of News Analysis we will discuss the situation.
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[22 July 13] EU puts Hezbollah political wing on its terror list - English
After months of intense Israeli and US lobbying the EU has finally taken action against Lebanon\\\'s resistance movement Hezbollah. During an EU...
After months of intense Israeli and US lobbying the EU has finally taken action against Lebanon\\\'s resistance movement Hezbollah. During an EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, the European body announced its anti-Hezbollah measure by placing what they called Hezbollah\\\'s military wing on the E-U terrorism list.
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[Protest] Inhedaam e Jannat ul Baqi | ISO Karachi Girls Wing | Karachi |...
Protest for Inhedaam e Jannat ul Baqi
Date: 10-05-2022 (8 Shawal)
Place: Karachi Press Club, Karachi
Organizer: ISO Pakistan, Karachu...
Protest for Inhedaam e Jannat ul Baqi
Date: 10-05-2022 (8 Shawal)
Place: Karachi Press Club, Karachi
Organizer: ISO Pakistan, Karachu Division, Girls Wing
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Jamaat-e-Islami seminar slams US drone strikes - 22Mar2011 - English
Jamat-e-Islami's women right wing, arranged a seminar to discuss the growing misery of living under US drone attacks. The most recent attack, which...
Jamat-e-Islami's women right wing, arranged a seminar to discuss the growing misery of living under US drone attacks. The most recent attack, which killed at least 44 people in North Waziristan on March 17th happened one day after Pakistan released a CIA agent who was accused of murder.
The seminar included the family members of victims, who want to be compensated for the deaths of their loved ones.
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[Islam & Life] What role has Murdoch news empire played in the...
The Rupert Murdoch phone hacking scandal that led to the closure of the news of the world was not surprising news in the perspective of the global...
The Rupert Murdoch phone hacking scandal that led to the closure of the news of the world was not surprising news in the perspective of the global media monopoly.
Very a few people paid attention to the fact that targeting Muslims by the right wing media which is mostly owned by Murdoch has a longer history than this recent scandal. In this edition of the show we ask the following question; What role has Murdoch's news empire played in the negative portrayal of Muslims?
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[17 June 2012] British government tracking Internet users - The Real...
[17 June 2012] British government tracking Internet users - English
The British government has proposed legislation that will give blank cheques...
[17 June 2012] British government tracking Internet users - English
The British government has proposed legislation that will give blank cheques to Internet and phone firms to pay them to track everyone's E-Mail, Twitter, Facebook and other Internet usage. It is going to cost hundreds of millions of pounds for a massive invasion of people's privacy along with breaching civil rights of almost every citizen in the country and presumably anyone from abroad who communicates with them. The legislation is supposed to catch terrorists before they terrorize, that is of course the excuse!
Spain was bailed out during the week at the cost of one hundred billion euros which is around 80 billion pounds and 125 billion dollars. "It is impossible to speak a sentence about the Euro Zone without the words "crisis" and "bail out" in it," said George Galloway. On Sunday, Greeks went to the polls. "If the left wing coalition wins then that would be next week's crisis in the Euro Zone," Galloway added.
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(Documentary) Hezbollah Banned - English
Hezbollah Banned takes place in South Lebanon, where cameras are not welcome, making this footage extremely rare. Following the 9/11 attacks,...
Hezbollah Banned takes place in South Lebanon, where cameras are not welcome, making this footage extremely rare. Following the 9/11 attacks, Canada, Israel and the US banned Hezbollah\'s social service wing. Since then, a climate of fear has prevailed, curtailing any discussion in North America on the validity of the ban. Hezbollah Banned, brings this taboo subject onto people\'s radar, prompting them to consider whether banning Hezbollah is the right thing to do.
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[05 Dec 2013] FSA spokesman Group will not attend Geneva II conference -...
The military wing of Syria\'s foreign-backed opposition, known as the Free Syrian Army says it will not take part in the upcoming conference in...
The military wing of Syria\'s foreign-backed opposition, known as the Free Syrian Army says it will not take part in the upcoming conference in Geneva which is aimed at ending the conflict in Syria.
Mokdad told Press TV that the international community must give guarantees that President Bashar al-Assad will step down. He says the opposition, Syrian National Council will hold a vote to decide whether to take part in the conference or not. A few days ago, the leader of the FSA pledged to continue fighting despite the planned peace conference . The UN, US and Russia have been trying for months to persuade the foreign-backed opposition to attend the peace talks with the government in January. Damascus has said the Syrian people must decide on the future of the country and their government.
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[سیمینار : رحمت العالمین اسوہ وحدت] Kalam :...
Subject : سیمینار : رحمت العالمینﷺ اسوہ وحدت | Seminar : Rehmatul lilaalameen (S.A.W) Aswae Wahdat
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Subject : سیمینار : رحمت العالمینﷺ اسوہ وحدت | Seminar : Rehmatul lilaalameen (S.A.W) Aswae Wahdat
Kalam : Brother Ameer Rizvi
Date : 16 February 2014
Venue : Arts Council Pakistan, Karachi
Organized By Majlis e Wahdat Muslimeen Pakistan ( Women Wing )
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[سیمینار : رحمت العالمین اسوہ وحدت] Kalam :...
Subject : سیمینار : رحمت العالمینﷺ اسوہ وحدت | Seminar : Rehmatul lilaalameen (S.A.W) Aswae Wahdat
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Subject : سیمینار : رحمت العالمینﷺ اسوہ وحدت | Seminar : Rehmatul lilaalameen (S.A.W) Aswae Wahdat
Kalam : Brother Ameer Rizvi
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Venue : Arts Council Pakistan, Karachi
Organized By Majlis e Wahdat Muslimeen Pakistan ( Women Wing )
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[سیمینار : رحمت العالمین اسوہ وحدت] Speech :...
Subject : سیمینار : رحمت العالمینﷺ اسوہ وحدت | Seminar : Rehmatul lilaalameen (S.A.W) Aswae Wahdat
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Subject : سیمینار : رحمت العالمینﷺ اسوہ وحدت | Seminar : Rehmatul lilaalameen (S.A.W) Aswae Wahdat
Speaker : Muhtarma Tasbiha Shafiq ( Sadar Minhajul Quran, Karachi Division )
Date : 16 February 2014
Venue : Arts Council Pakistan, Karachi
Organized By Majlis e Wahdat Muslimeen Pakistan ( Women Wing )
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[سیمینار : رحمت العالمین اسوہ وحدت] Kalam :...
Subject : سیمینار : رحمت العالمینﷺ اسوہ وحدت | Seminar : Rehmatul lilaalameen (S.A.W) Aswae Wahdat
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Subject : سیمینار : رحمت العالمینﷺ اسوہ وحدت | Seminar : Rehmatul lilaalameen (S.A.W) Aswae Wahdat
Kalam : Brother Ameer Rizvi
Date : 16 February 2014
Venue : Arts Council Pakistan, Karachi
Organized By Majlis e Wahdat Muslimeen Pakistan ( Women Wing )
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[سیمینار : رحمت العالمین اسوہ وحدت] Speech :...
Subject : سیمینار : رحمت العالمینﷺ اسوہ وحدت | Seminar : Rehmatul lilaalameen (S.A.W) Aswae Wahdat
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Subject : سیمینار : رحمت العالمینﷺ اسوہ وحدت | Seminar : Rehmatul lilaalameen (S.A.W) Aswae Wahdat
Speaker : Janab Faisal Azizi ( Sardar Sunni Ittehad Council Karachi Division )
Date : 16 February 2014
Venue : Arts Council Pakistan, Karachi
Organized By Majlis e Wahdat Muslimeen Pakistan ( Women Wing )
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[سیمینار : رحمت العالمین اسوہ وحدت] Speech :...
Subject : سیمینار : رحمت العالمینﷺ اسوہ وحدت | Seminar : Rehmatul lilaalameen (S.A.W) Aswae Wahdat
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Subject : سیمینار : رحمت العالمینﷺ اسوہ وحدت | Seminar : Rehmatul lilaalameen (S.A.W) Aswae Wahdat
Speaker : Hujjatul Islam Ahmed Iqbal Rizvi ( Rehnuma Majlis e Wahdat Muslimeen Pakistan, Lahore Division )
Date : 16 February 2014
Venue : Arts Council Pakistan, Karachi
Organized By Majlis e Wahdat Muslimeen Pakistan ( Women Wing )
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[24 July 2013] Sayed Nasrallah Speech at Islamic Resistance Women Iftar...
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S. Nasrallah: EU...
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S. Nasrallah: EU Decision Means Involvement in any Israeli Aggression
Eslam al-Rihani
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said on Wednesday that the latest EU decision regarding Hezbollah will only doom to failure, advising the European states to soak their paper in water and drink it, for the Resistance will remain vital and victorious by the will of Allah Almighty.
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan NasrallahDuring his speech at the annual Iftar ceremony held by the Women\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Committee of Islamic Resistance Support Association of Hezbollah, Sayyed Nasrallah noted that the resistance has its own presence and influence in the regional equations, and has been always a concern at the Lebanese, Arab, regional and international levels, whether positively or negatively.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"A positive interest from those who believe in the resistance, pin their hopes on it and consider it to be a source of pride, and negative interest from those who consider it a source of threat for their occupation and hegemony,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" he said.
His eminence indicated that the Resistance is not on the margin and there is always attempts to eliminate and crush it, whether militarily, politically, morally or culturally, expressing beliefs that such decisions have no more than psychological effects.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The most important for the Lebanese Resistance is to get the support of its people and to express their will, pride and view in defending their land and their sovereignty.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
Sayyed Nasrallah stressed that \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Resistance has gained credibility among people in Lebanon and the Arab and Islamic world and in many places of the world due to its sacrifices and steadfastness because it did not back down, retreat or get defeated and also due to its achievements and field victories.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Resistance has changed the game rules and dropped projects and liberated captives, dignity and sovereignty of Lebanon. It also imposed a leading position for Lebanon in the region and will remain a solid fork in the eye of the Zionists and those who want Lebanon to get worse,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" his eminence added.
Touching on the EU member-states\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' decision that blacklisted what they dubbed \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'the military wing\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' of Hezbollah, Sayyed Nasrallah said that the decision has been announced in the media without issuing a formal statement to unfold its motives, evidence and logic.
His eminence noted that the EU official statement will be issued within days, and the party will see then whether it will hold any argument or logic to be discussed, pointing out that the historical course of the European states confirms that their stance is not subjected to any values.
Thanking all presidents, leaders, personalities and institutions that rejected the EU decision and condemned it, his eminence stated that the party wasn\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t surprised by the decision but the leadership has expected it since the previous period.
Iftar 2013Hezbollah Secretary General went on to say that the Zionists have expressed that the decision was the result of diplomatic efforts they exerted, recommending some of those who rejoiced in Lebanon to hide their joy a little bit so they wouldn\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t express the same state of happiness as the Israelis.
Sayyed Nasrallah reiterated that the EU countries have insulted themselves and their principles, interests and sovereignty when they submitted to the Israelis and Americans, stating that \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"EU countries should know they are giving legal cover for Israel to launch any war on Lebanon because Israel can claim it is waging war on the terrorists.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"These countries make themselves a full partner in the Israeli aggression on Lebanon, on the Resistance and on any target for the resistance in Lebanon.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
The Lebanese Resistance leader asked why the military wing of Israeli army wouldn\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t be put on the list of terror? While the EU \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"repeatedly admits that Israel occupies Arab land and does not implement international resolutions since tens of years, and the whole world witnessed the Israeli massacres.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
He also voiced that the EU stance is subjected to the interests and pressures, not to the values and principles, where its effects are nothing more than psychological.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"In this country, resistance fighters fought the Israeli occupation and have endured a lot of pressure and sacrificed martyrs. Then you come to those who are the sons of this people and say they are terrorists. This is a very bad abuse for the fighters, for their people, and for their successive governments that were supporting the Resistance by their ministerial statements,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" he said.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"This is bad for Lebanon and the Lebanese government and people and not only for Resistance fighters,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" he added, stressing that \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"this will not undermine our morale.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
Addressing the European states, Sayyed Nasrallah said: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"We are nationalists even in holidays. You can retake the visas you were granting for us. We do not have money in Europe. We do not have commercial or trade projects in Lebanon or abroad. therefore, this decision has no effects in this regard.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Yesterday, European delegates in Lebanon tried to say that the decision will not affect relations with Lebanon,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" recalling that some in the March 14 bloc are working to frustrate the people and descend walls on their hopes.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"This decision aims at making us bow, to force us to step back and to be afraid. But I tell you that all you will get is failure and frustration,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" his eminence told the European Union.
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan NasrallahIn the same context, Hezbollah Secretary General said that those who think that the resistance, which confronted in such days the strongest army in the region over 33 days, will be undermined by a silly decision is either will be subjugated by this decision are either delusional or ignorant.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"This decision will not be able to achieve any of its goals and we invite them (EU states) to correct this mistake because it will not lead to result,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" he stressed.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Dip it (the decision) in water and drink it,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" he added to the EU.
Touching on the local situation, Sayyed Nasrallah said that the other camp in Lebanon will not be able to exploit the decision in their domestic political calculations, or to isolate the party and form a cabinet without it.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"A government without Hezbollah will not be formed, not because we are eager for it but for other things.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
His eminence jokingly suggested that Hezbollah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s ministers in the next government will be of the military wing of the party. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"So do not bet on exploiting the decision internally,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" he told the Lebanese political rivals.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"We call for the formation of a political government that preserve Lebanon and play in the heart of the storms moving around us.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Resistance will remain and will be victorious by God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Will,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah concluded.
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What is that - Father Son and a Sparrow - Very inspiring - English sub
Thy Lord hath decreed that ye worship none but Him and that ye be kind to parents. Whether one or both of them attain old age in thy life say not...
Thy Lord hath decreed that ye worship none but Him and that ye be kind to parents. Whether one or both of them attain old age in thy life say not to them a word of contempt nor repel them but address them in terms of honour. And out of kindness lower to them the wing of humility and say My Lord bestow on them thy Mercy even as they cherished me in childhood Noble Quran 17 23-24 ---- Explaining the verse And lower unto them the wing of submission through mercy - Imam Jafar al-Sadiq said When you look at them do not fill your eyes with anything else but mercy and sympathy and do not raise your voice above their voice and do not put your hand above theirs and do not go in front of them
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[30 Jan 2014] Afghan refugee receives payout from UK Paper after Taliban...
An Afghan refugee who was granted asylum in the UK has accepted substantial libel compensation at the high court in London after the daily express...
An Afghan refugee who was granted asylum in the UK has accepted substantial libel compensation at the high court in London after the daily express newspaper falsely accused him of being a member of the Taliban.
Abdol Shazad who is 20 was recognized as a refugee by the Home Office last February after a four-year battle in which it was found that he was at fear of being persecuted by the Taliban. But a month later The express published a story saying that he was a member of the Taliban and posted an online version of the story under which hateful and abusive comments were posted causing great distress to Mr Shazad Journalists say this type of behavior is indicative of the lack of ethics of large segments of the right wing media.The Legal Counsel for the Express, Chloe Strong Said: \"The allegation in the articles was false and the defendant wishes to offer its sincerest apologies to the claimant for the damage, distress and embarrassment which the publication of the articles has caused him.\" The Daily Express has apologized and agreed to pay him substantial damages. The exact figure is undisclosed. But this type of behavior from elements of the right wing press is unlikely to stop as a result For Mr Shazid at least, there has been some kind of accountability for this unethical journalism.
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Session 2: Wilayat-e-Faqih | Farsi sub English
This episode:
- Is Wilayat-e-Faqih a new idea?
- The American brand of Islam VS Pure Islam
- The Shi\\\'a ideology: Green wing & Red wing
-...
This episode:
- Is Wilayat-e-Faqih a new idea?
- The American brand of Islam VS Pure Islam
- The Shi\\\'a ideology: Green wing & Red wing
- The New Islamic Civilization
Hujjatul Islam Qasemi is a Howza teacher in Qom, Iran.
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Hamas suicide attack in Gaza - 19 April 08
The military wing of Hamas has launched a rare suicide attack on Gaza s border with Israel It came as a controversial meeting between Hamas...
The military wing of Hamas has launched a rare suicide attack on Gaza s border with Israel It came as a controversial meeting between Hamas officials and Jimmy Carter the former US president was concluding in Syria At least 13 Israeli soldiers were wounded and three Palestinian fighters were reported to be killed
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The Palestinian Plight - Zionist Settlers in Hebron West Bank - Arabic...
This footage is from the Tel Rumeida neighborhood which is at the center of the Hebron city in the West Bank. Facts about Israel -- courtesy...
This footage is from the Tel Rumeida neighborhood which is at the center of the Hebron city in the West Bank. Facts about Israel -- courtesy AntiHypocrisy on youtube -- 6 wars - 4 million Palestinian Refugees - 3 million Occupied - 254 km of an Apartheid Wall - 562 Humiliation-check-points - 20K Political-prisoners - 468831 new settlers on an Occupied land - Disappearance of Palestine - Destruction of 350 Churches and Mosques - World Leader in violating international laws and tens of UN resolutions - Has Killed more innocent civilians per capita than any other country 50000 plus - Has Imprisoned more civilians per capita 250000 plus - Has rendered more civilians Handicapped per capita 50000 plus -- While reading these facts it is important that we do not lose sight of the distinction between the political Zionists and the general Jewish people. Not all Jews are Zionists and not all Zionists are Jews (for example the right wing Christian supporters of Israel in America). What should distinguish us from the Zionist oppressors are our morals and principles. It would be a shame and a moral defeat if in the process of resisting the oppression we become like the oppressors and start stereotyping and targeting a whole ethnic or religious group.
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Cynthia McKinney in an Israeli jail - English
As if we needed any more proof that the international media deliberately avoids exposing anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian injustices, its suspect...
As if we needed any more proof that the international media deliberately avoids exposing anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian injustices, its suspect behavior during recent days has sealed the case.
Even as we were being force-fed minute details of Michael Jackson's colorful life along with endless speculation as to the true parentage of his children, a former U.S. Congresswomen and presidential candidate, Cynthia McKinney, was languishing in an Israeli jail.
Her 'crime' was boarding the Free Gaza Movement's aid vessel The Spirit of Humanity in Cyprus, in an effort to break Israel's cruel siege of Gaza, which even the U.S. President has condemned.
Like several of her sister vessels, The Spirit of Humanity was attacked by the Israeli Navy in international waters before being boarded by Israeli commandos and dragged along with its crew and passengers towards Israel.
Once there, 21 human rights advocates from the U.S., Britain, Ireland, Denmark, Jordan, Palestine and Yemen, including McKinney, Noble Laureate Mairead Maguire, and documentary filmmaker Adam Shapiro, were incarcerated.
Let's be realistic. If just about any other high-profile U.S. politician on any other mission had been detained within a cell block on foreign soil, the incident would have merited headlines.
However, McKinney's abduction went almost unnoticed. Not only was the story relegated to the back pages, if it ran at all, there was a corresponding absence of comment from Congress and the White House.
McKinney is now home after refusing to sign a statement in Hebrew that she was guilty of a violation, but the mainstream media is certainly not clamoring at her door for interviews.
As far as I can tell, her ordeal has mostly been covered by left-wing outlets such as Democracy Now or Middle East networks including Al Jazeera and Press TV.
A number of McKinney's supporters say the reason for the media blackout was the fact that she is a Black American. But, in fact, it's her cause that's the problem rather than her color.
My analysis is based on the lack of media coverage given to the Viva Palestina aid convoy of trucks and ambulances from London to Gaza, led by British Parliamentarian George Galloway.
The Herculean efforts of hundreds of ordinary Britons to deliver much-needed humanitarian supplies to war-torn Gaza earlier this year was a non-event as far as the media was concerned until Galloway was barred from entering Canada as a result.
Unless you're a person who relentlessly digs on the internet, you probably are not aware that during McKinney's ordeal, Galloway, along with Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic, were meeting up with over 200 Americans in Cairo armed with $2 million (Dh7.35 million) that was raised in the U.S. to buy trucks and medical aid destined for Gaza.
The Egyptian English-language paper Al Ahram Weekly dubs this ""the largest grassroots medical relief effort for Gaza in U.S. history"" but once again, this doesn't merit column inches in either U.S. or European mainstream papers.
In a similar vein, is the way that the horrendous courtroom stabbing of 32-year-old Marwa Al Sherbini was considered inconsequential by the German media until it elicited angry protests in her hometown of Alexandria.
There are so many aspects to this story, which should have been emblazoned across front pages.
First of all it was a blatant race crime, which Germany is normally sensitive about. Second, it begs questions concerning court security.
What were armed officers doing when Marwa was stabbed 18 times and why was her husband shot when he attempted to protect his pregnant wife?
What kind of editors would bin reports of such a horrendous crime carried out in full view of the authorities? What were they thinking?
Purely coincidentally, I was sitting at a table with one of Marwa's uncles in an Alexandria coffee shop when he received a call on his mobile and had to dash off because of a ""family emergency"".
Today, this exceptionally close-knit family is devastated and hurt that the murder of one of their own wasn't initially treated with the weight the crime deserved.
Egyptians are outraged at Germany's disinterest and the inaction of their own foreign office. The numbers who attended her funeral, who gathered outside the German embassy in Cairo and who demonstrated in Cairo and Alexandria speak for themselves.
Because Marwa's dispute with her attacker was based on his objections to her Islamic headscarf, the death of the young pharmacist has become an emblem for the rights of Muslim women at a time when the French President is attempting to ban the burqa. Marwa loved life.
She didn't plan to become a martyr. But in the eyes of Egyptians calling for a mosque and a street in Alexandria to be renamed in her honor, she is a heroine.
If the U.S. and Europe are chronically supine when it comes to Muslim causes, then the governments and media throughout the Arab and Muslim world should embrace them clearly and loudly.
With anti-Muslim hate crimes on the rise, Muslims need a strong united voice on the international stage. Shame on the world's media that appears to be united only in its anti-Muslim bias!
Linda S. Heard is a specialist British writer on Middle East affairs.
(Source: Gulf News
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US Policy in Haiti Over Decades and how they see opportunity in the...
US Policy in Haiti Over Decades Lays the Foundation for Why Impact of Natural Disaster Is So Severe. We discuss the situation in Haiti following...
US Policy in Haiti Over Decades Lays the Foundation for Why Impact of Natural Disaster Is So Severe. We discuss the situation in Haiti following Tuesdays massive earthquake as well as the history of Haiti with two guests who have spent a lot of time there Bill Quigley the legal director at the Center for Constitutional Rights and Brian Concannon director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti. Journalist and author Naomi Klein spoke in New York last night and addressed the crisis in Haiti.
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